The Labour Party Presidential Campaign otherwise known as the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign has moved to clarify misimpressions drawn from legal expenses released to the public by its campaign office.
The sum of N744,500,000.00 had been presented as a general legal expended to lawyers, also incorporating other expenses within the legal expenditure.
A statement signed by the Chief Spokesperson of the
Obi-Datti Campaign Committee
Dr. Yunusa Tanko noted that the amount also includes research, accommodations, transportation local and international flights, and stationery for various documents. The statement read in part:
“We would like to be on the same page with the public on this matter and to remind the public that it encompasses all the things concerning our legal cases, ranging from pre-election to post-election legal processes.
Including also the filing of cases before elections, on matters involving our candidate, transmitting and photocopying of legal documents, bringing experts from overseas during our post-election legal battles, and their accommodation all form the legal expenses.
Also included were the funding of lawyers sent to States to collect electoral materials from INEC State offices and financial assistance to some of the candidates of the Party who had legal issues, among others.”
Dr Tanko promised that as a body determined to inject sanity into the polity, the Committee would continue in the right direction in ensuring that the campaign funds weretransparently account for.
He said”
“We continue to thank those who assisted us in one way or the other, especially our legal team at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, whose hard work and sacrifices remain immeasurable, despite the outcome of our election petitions, which can only be blamed on the Nigerian factor.
And to keep assuring Nigerians, especially the youths, that a New Nigeria is possible, and that we must remain committed to our journey irrespective of the present challenges we face.”
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